Scoring device



Nov. 24, 1931. l. w. BONIC 1,833,453

SCORING DEVICE Filed May 3, 1930 YORK EDWARDS J'oME s KELLY JOHNSON BSMITH Patented Nov. 24, 1931 mow; Bonn; orrmrnwauxnn; WISCONSIN" scoame mwrcn I 7 i' Appltcattbnaflledilayifi, 1980. Serial 110.1449301.

; This invention vrelates to improvements .in

scoring: devices and more particularly to a pocket gscoring devices J v One-of the objectssofthis l invention is the provisionof scoring. device. particularly adapted .for personal {use to be: carried l about in; the. pocket,v and is especially; laid out vfor thQT'BUI'POSQ offlkeegingbaseball scores of-the various-teams and is soconstruCtecl whereby the teams are interchangeable on the'board so 'sthat ;:the scoreq of any, two teams can 1 be readily.registen'edsonthecards;-

Another objectof .the -present invent on s the-provision ofxa seoringsdevice WhlClLlIP eludes-s a. folderinrLWhichY-the various: .teams are; arranged with scoring; cards upon opposite sides of. the; folder, and. means i is providediwhereb y two ofthe teams. can berp sitioned-atithe ends ofzthe sooring cards, particularlythe, teams which are playing, and it issdesiredi tokeep the scorepof such teams as are; playing; the. registry. of :the teams being interchangeable with-in the; folder: so that any? two teams-can rbmpositioned :atthe ends ofitheseoringgcards I v A further: object of the-inventionuis the provision of: a; scoring; device; which can be easily adapted intosui-table form for carryabout-in thepocket, orrcan be adapted .for home use i for, keeping. baseball. scores which arebroadcast by radiogandtheteams are interchangeableson the scoringv device so that the; scorecan be readily. recorded .ofany two play ing-.7teams.v

. Withrthe-above andlother. (e ects in. Vie

the invention 7 consists in. the novel features of: constructiom. the, I combination 1 and arrangement of, parts. hereinaftermore fully sehfortlr, pointed out-in the claims and shown I inrthe accompanying. drawings wherein:

Eigure l-tis a planmviewof la scoring: device constructed in accordancelwith invention, illustrating; the same. open for. use and .parts thereofl broken vaway-and illustratedlin. cross section Figure 2 is-anend'elevation illustrating the device in .afolderl position;

F igure? is a detailedplan view'illustrating a slightly modified form and Figure L is a-sectionomthelineA-t of F igure 3. I

Thisinvention as statedheretofore pertains toscoring devices and is particularly constructed so th-atthe same. can be made on a-small scale to be carried aboutin the: pocket when attending a-ball game, so thateach individualmay havehis ownlscore card, and the device can be used equally as well forscoring baseball games broadcast by radio, so that aperson may use the device when at home and receiving-the results ofa ball .game over aradiol In the form .of the invention illustrated in the drawings it will be noted thatthe scoring sheets areenclosed in a suitable folder-which can be easily carried about in the pocket and this folder comprises the two side members 1-,and..2.connected bymeans of! aflexible board .3, so that/the members-1=and2 can-be easily folded to a parallel position; as shown in Figure 2.

Attachedtoeach of the. side member-s1 and 2, is a pocket 4 which may be of the same materiahas' the covering for the members 1 and 2, orim-ay be of. any desired:material and received*within thesepockets arethe back boards 5. .ofthe. scoring pads 6. This scoring pads which consists of azpluralityi of sheets are attached to the back portions5 by means ofthe small staples 7 and in fitting-the scoring-padwithin the. folder,.it'will be noted that the backportion. 5. is insertedinto the 'pocketd, so as to retain the scoring pad, as illustrated in Figure 1;

.As a general rule with-the va-rious baseball leagues, throughout the country, each league has a membership ofeightteams and, the names-of the players of each .teamare indicated ionsepa-rable strips 8, and these. strips are carried .by: individual :cards 9, each .card

carrying the names of the players of each team. The cards 9 are preferably of light cardboard or other similar material and provided at each end with socket fasteners 10 adapted to engage the yieldable head memhere 11 carried by the outer wall of each pocket 4, as illustrated in Figure 1.

Each of the team cards 9 are provided with retaining loops which may be applied to these cards 9 in any suitable manner, but in order to provide a comparatively inexpensive product, parallel rows-of looped stitching is applied to -each card adjacent each longitudinal edge, and this type of stitchingprovides a plurality of loops 12 adapted to receive the ends of the strips 8 upon which the names of" the players are indicated. There are var ous ways in which the strips 8 can be removably applied to the cards 9, but as stated hereto. 1 fore, for the purpose of producing a comparatively cheap product, the rows of stitching are applied to each card 9." At one end of eachcard, a: loop 13- is'i provided adapted to be grasped by thehand for removing thecards' from the. outerwall'of-eachpiocket l.

As illustrated in Figure 1, there is provided a suitab-lefolder for aneight-team baseba'll'leaIg-ue and each team is represented upon a teambar'd '9, and attention is directed to the'fact that-the scoring pads 6- are somewhat smaller than the folder, thus leaving a' space 14- at the ends of the side portions 1 and 2, so that one team oneachside'portionwill be exposed, but the other threeteam's on each side portion will be covered by the pad 6,;the two exposed team cards containing the names of the teams'and the players on, the teams which areplaying, and the scoring pads are provided withindividual sheets on which is indicated by means of transverse and longi-' tudinal lines a plurality of sections 15, i

Thefscoring sheets are preferably printed in the usual well known manner and each longitudinal section is 'alignedwith an individ ual' strip 8 on which a players name is indi-' cated, so that the record of this player may be kept in its proper column 1 on each scoring shetlppvg p v i It wiute noted that the top strip 801i each team card 9has indicatedthereon the name of "the ball team listed thereon, while the remaining strips have indicated thereon'the various players anddue to the fact that prac tically all-of the teams carry a number of ,utilityplayersi it willgbe apparent that the strips 8, bearing'the'names of these utility players'can be attached to the rear-"oi each teamc'a'r'd, and when one oftheregular' playe rs is removedfrom the game and a utility substituted, the strips .bearingthes'e names can be displayed in their'prope'r'positions with very little difficulty. p i

"Any number of loops 12' can be formed upon each card'sothatthe regular number of ,9 players can beplaced' in position with provision for two or more utility players, so that the score of these utility players may also be recorded upon the sheets of each score pad. i 7

It will be noted that the folder which comprises thetwoside portions 1 and 2 can be used for a great length of time, and if this folder is constructed of a suitable wear resisting material, it will last for a long time, and due to the fact that the scoring sheets are arranged in pad form, with a comparatively heavy back portion- 5, the pads after the number o t-sheets thereon have been used, can be quickly replaced with new pads, and while the, pockets fl-havebeen illustrated as suitable" means for" retaining the pads in position, it will be apparent that various other Ways may be provided for removabl'y securing-these padsiwithin the folder.

In using the scoring device, it will be noted that the team cards 9 which are'not in use will be positioned beneath the padfi, while the two teams playing can'be positioned in the space 14 and these two teams in the space 1 L can be quickly'interchangedfor any of the other teams beneath the pad 6, as they-are removably attached to the outenwall of the pockets, whilethe team cards 9 in the space 14 are attached directly'to' the side portions YVM is In Figures 3*a'nd-4c, I'have'illustrated a I slightly modified form ofthe invention which great number of times during the progress of the game, and'in this form of the invention, there is attached to the side portions of the folder. spaced brackets 16, and rotatably mounted within these brackets are the parallel shafts 17 upon which is wound'an endless sheet 18 on which the names of the various pitchers, carried by each team, is'indicated, and it willbe-noted that one end of each shaft 17 is provided with a thumb whee'l19, so that the sheet 18 can. be moved in either; direction for bringing into view the p'itchenwho is actively engaged in the game being scored. This mechanism illustrated inFigures 13 and lfcan bec'arried bythe team cards 9' and positioned overthe 'fastenin'g members 10, as shown in Figure 3. It will be noted that in order to co'rrectly 'use the above device, the

It will be apparent that the device can be made up in a similar manner to be used at home in connection with the radio where it is desired to keep the score of baseball games broadcasted by the radio, and in forming a scoring device for home use, the side pieces 1 and 2 can be formed in a single piece and the scoring sheets also be made in a single piece with the scoring sections of each team divided.

It will be noted in Figures 1 and 2, that the name strip on which the name of the team is printed is positioned in alignment with a series of sections 15 which can be used for tabulating the total score of each inning during the game, and if found desirable, these sections can also be used for tabul'ating the number of hits for each inning.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be apparent that slight changes may be made in the construction when putting the invention into practice without departing from the spirit of the same or the scope of the appended claims. I

I claim:

1. A scoring device including a folder having flexibly connected side portions, interchangeable team cards carried by said side portions and interchangeable name strips carried by said cards.

2. A scoring device including a folder having flexibly connected side portions, interchangeable team cards carried by said side portions and interchangeable name strips carried by said cards, a removable pad carried by each side portion and comprising a plurality of superposed sheets having sections thereon adapted to be aligned with the name strips.

3. A scoring device comprising a folder having flexibly connected side portions, team cards arranged in parallel relation and detachably connected to the side portions, name strips removably carried by said team cards and a plurality of score sheets detachably supported by the side portions and normally covering all of the team cards on each side portion with the exception of one remaining exposed at one end of the scoring sheets.

4. A scoring device including a supporting element, team cards arranged in parallel relation and removably attached thereto, name strips removably carried by said cards and a scoring pad comprising a plurality of superposed sheets mounted on said supporting element and normally covering all of the team 'cards except one which is exposed at one end of the scoring pad, and said scoring pad having a plurality of sections adapted to be aligned with the name strips on the exposed team card.

5. A scoring device including a folder hav ing flexibly connected side portions, a pocket 55 carried by each side portion, a removable pad consin.

ISAAC W. BONIG. 

